This Week in Math Ed: September 9, 2016

Math Ed Said

September 2: Keeping its momentum from last week, Tracy Johnston Zager's post "How Not To Start Math Class in the Fall" was again most-shared.

Shared by: Joe Schwartz, Matthew Oldridge, Amie Albrecht, Ilona Vashchyshyn, Geoff Krall, Judy Keeney, Jennifer Lawler

September 3: In a post from war-torn Canada (math wars, that is), Paul Wells's op-ed in the Toronto Star says "No, teaching math the 'old-fashioned way' won't work."

Shared by: Mike Maki, Earl Samuelson, Ilona Vashchyshyn, Laura Wheeler, Matthew Oldridge, Egan J Chernoff, Melinda Lula, Robert Cop, Matthew Oldridge, Tyler Anderson, Richelle Marynowski, Taylor Belcher, Andy Martinson, Nat Banting, DeAnn Huinker, Susan Wilson, Jocelyn Dagenais, Keith Devlin, Gregory Taylor, Tracy Johnston Zager, Kit G, Jennifer Lawler

September 4: Christopher Danielson has been writing at a companion site for his new book, Which One Doesn't Belong?

Shared by: Tracy Johnston Zager, Karen King, Kassia Wedekind, David Coffey, Matthew Oldridge, Kit G, Christopher Danielson, Alison Hansel, Janice Novakowski

September 5: With the U.S. elections about two months away, I'm sure this won't be the last presidential campaign-related post we'll see popularly shared amongst the math teachers in my list. Paul Krugman wrote, "Hillary Clinton Gets Gored."

Shared by: Karen King, Keith Devlin, Wendy Menard, Mark Dittmer, Paul Morris, Paul Morris, Audrey McLaren, Eddi Vulić

September 6: As often happens on Tuesdays, people are sharing about that night's talk in the Global Math Department. This week it was "Cultivating Mathematical Reasoning" with Marian Small.

Shared by: Matthew Oldridge, Glenn Waddell, Jr., Global Math, Jill Gough, Megan Hayes-Golding, Alison Hansel, Deborah Boden, Carl Oliver, Andrew Gael, Jonathan Klupp

September 7: Desmos has a scientific calculator. That is all.

Shared by: Christopher Danielson, David Petersen, Gregory Taylor, Nik Doran, Kent Haines, David Sabol, Audrey McLaren, John Golden, David Coffey, Sarah Carter, John Carter, Ann Gaffney, Chris Mueller

September 8: Amy Hogan writes about "Statistics Education & Social Justice" in her latest post, in which she talks about collecting ideas for including social justice into statistics courses. If you have something to contribute, she links to a Google Doc from her post.

Shared by: Amy Hogan, Steve Phelps, Megan Schmidt, Shauna Hedgepeth, Kay Endriss, Brian R Lawler, Anna Blinstein, Glenn Waddell, Jr.

Around the Math Ed Web

On the 13th the Global Math Department will talk about "How Definitions of Math & Equity Relate to Who Excels in Our Classes."

I'm sure I'm missing things — if you think I am, let me know what else I can include!

Research Notes

The September 2016 issue of the Mathematics Education Research Journal is out:

Daniel Reinholz, presenting at the 2015 RME conference

• Exploring prospective secondary mathematics teachers' interpretation of student thinking through analysing students' work in modelling by Makbule Gozde Didis, Gaziosmanpasa University; Ayhan Kursat Erbas, Middle East Technical University; Bulent Cetinkaya, Middle East Technical University; Erdinc Cakiroglu, Middle East Technical University; and Cengiz Alacaci, Istanbul Medeniyet University
• Reasoning about variables in 11 to 18 year olds: informal, schooled and formal expression in learning about functions by Michal Ayalon, Weizmann Institute of Science; Anne Watson, University of Oxford; and Steve Lerman, London South Bank University
• Investigating kindergarteners' number sense and self-regulation scores in relation to their mathematics and Turkish scores in middle school by Asiye İvrendi, Pamukkale University
• Snapshots of mathematics teacher noticing during task design by Ban Heng Choy, Nanyang Technological University
• Developing mathematical practices through reflection cycles by Daniel L. Reinholz, San Diego State University
• Using genre pedagogy to promote student proficiency in the language required for interpreting line graphs by Jantien Smit, Arthur Bakker, Dolly van Eerde, and Maggie Kuijpers, Utrecht University

From AERA Open, an article about a math game:

• Exploring Issues of Implementation, Equity, and Student Achievement With Educational Software in the DC Public Schools by June Ahn, New York University; Austin Beck, University of Maryland; John Rice, District of Columbia Public Schools; and Michelle Foster, District of Columbia Public Schools

Math Ed in the News

• Black Superheroes Promote Science, Math Education (News One)
• Marsico Institute Introducing Boston Pre-K Students to Math (Morgridge College of Education)
• Broomfield elementary schools coordinate accelerated math class (Boulder Daily Camera)

Math Ed in Colorado

Conferences

• The 2016 CCTM Conference is now less than two weeks away! Register now!
• Registration opens for Math on the "Planes" on September 15!

Professional Learning Opportunities

Do you have English learners in your class? Do you want to know more about how to help them access mathematical content? Rebekah Ottenbreit of CDE is offering "Teaching Math to English Learners" on October 18 in Grand Junction. The all-day workshop will offer tools and strategies for making math more accessible to English learners through teaching the Colorado English Proficiency (CELP) standards. You can register for the workshop on the CDE website.

Colorado School of Mines will offer weekly Saturday training sessions focused on Computer Science Principles. They are following the Code.org curriculum starting with Unit 2 on Saturday, September 10. You are welcome to attend any of the units/lessons that you think might be valuable, whether you are using Code.org or not. Details can be found at the C-START website under the CS Principles link.

Mathematics and Science Partnerships

The 2016-2017 MSP request for proposal (RFP) materials are available on the CDE website. This year's priority is the recruitment and retention of math and science teachers in high need schools. An application training webinar will be held Wednesday, September 28, from 10:00-11:00. See the website for registration details and the list of eligible schools.

Two tech pioneers with contrasting approaches to technology in education

Recently I was catching up on episodes of "Triangulation," an interview show on the TWiT.tv network. The network focuses on technology, and guests on Triangulation are often key people from the (near) history of computing. Two recent guests made comments about technology and education, and the difference could not have been more striking. I'll let you judge for yourself.

First, Scott McNealy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, starting at 26:27 and going through 33:33:



Second, Bill Atkinson, early Apple engineer and creator of MacPaint and HyperCard, starting at 17:17 and going through 22:15:

This Week in Math Ed: September 2, 2016

Math Ed Said

August 26: An academic genealogy analysis featured in Nature found that the majority of mathematicians hail from just 24 scientific 'families'. The Mathematics Genealogy Project extends into mathematics education. I've traced back my own academic roots here.

Shared by: Francis Su, Dana C. Ernst, Justin Lanier, Steven Strogatz, OCTM, Evelyn Lamb

August 27: Annie Perkins shared some wonderful experiences from "Math-on-a-Stick!," the Minnesota State Fair (where other good things come on sticks) exhibit that engages kids in mathematics.

Shared by: Annie Perkins, Tracy Johnston Zager, Megan Schmidt, Sara VanDerWerf, Sharon Vestal, Ilona Vashchyshyn

August 28: Lately I've been seeing parts of the world through one of two lenses: one, a "solution to a problem" lens, and two, a "not a solution but we should have it anyway" lens. A NYT piece by Christopher Emdin titled "Why Black Men Quit Teaching," shines brightly through the second of those lenses. Simply having teachers of color, particularly black men, is not by itself a solution. We absolutely should have a diverse teaching workforce, where students of any underrepresented background can see in their teachers someone like themselves who is professional, intellectual, and a leader. But as Emdin points out, there are structural and systemic issues in teaching and education that also need to be addressed, regardless of the color of the teachers.

Shared by: Terry Jones, Karen King, Wendy Menard, Chris Shore, David Coffey

August 29: With more Minnesota goodness, Sara VanDerWerf appeared on her local news to talk about the variety of math graphing tools and to spread the word about the need for donated technology (old calculators, smartphones, and tablets) that can be used in the classroom.

Shared by: Sara VanDerWerf, Megan Schmidt, Andy Martinson, Laura Wagenman, Bryan Anderson, David Keller, Jonathan Osters

August 30: Graham Fletcher is serving on the 2017 Orlando NCTM Regional Program Committee and asks for your input with his post, "Building a Conference."

Shared by: Graham Fletcher, Matt Larson, Nanette Johnson, Zak Champagne, Nicole Bridge

August 31: Dan Meyer wrote to tell us that Christopher Danielson's latest book, Which One Doesn't Belong, has been released.

Shared by: Dan Meyer, Sara VanDerWerf, Ilana Horn, Martin Joyce, Nancy Terry, Tyler Anderson, Christopher Danielson, Megan Schmidt, Tracy Johnston Zager, Bridget Dunbar, Jill Gough, Spencer Olmsted

September 1: One year I began the school year with not one, but two days of syllabus-explaining and rule-laying-down. It was bad. Later I figured out what Tracy Johnston Zager writes about in her post, "How Not To Start Math Class in the Fall."

Shared by: Mark Chubb, Tracy Johnston Zager, Chris Hunter, Annie Forest, Kassia Wedekind, Alex Overwijk, Susan Davidson, Karyn Vogel, Bridget Dunbar, Danielle Reycer, Dan Anderson, Alison Hansel, Cal Armstrong, WMC - WI MathCouncil, Richelle Marynowski, Jami D. Packer, Ilana Horn, Nanette Johnson, Annie Perkins, Janice Novakowski, Tim Hudson

Around the Math Ed Web

Do you want to present at the 2017 NCTM Research Conference? If yes, you'd better hurry up and submit a proposal — they're due by September 4!

Mike Flynn caught my attention recruiting people to join a Virtual Math PLC.

The National Girls Collaborative Project is hosting a webinar titled "The Importance of a Growth Mindset: Action Steps for Educators" on September 21.

Last week the Global Math Department made sense of logarithms, and this Tuesday they'll be Cultivating Mathematical Reasoning with Marian Small.

Research Notes

I haven't looked through the research in a few weeks, so hold on for a long list! Let's start with a new article in Educational Researcher:

• Evaluating Longitudinal Mathematics Achievement Growth by Lina Shanley, University of Oregon

Here are math-related articles in the October 2016 issue of the International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education:

• Gender in STEM Education: an Exploratory Study of Student Perceptions of Math and Science Instructors in the United Arab Emirates by Nausheen Pasha-Zaidi and Ernest Afari, The Petroleum Institute
• A Study on Sixth Grade Students' Misconceptions and Errors in Spatial Measurement: Length, Area, and Volume by Gulcin Tan Sisman, Hacettepe University; and Meral Aksu, Middle East Technical University
• History of Mathematics in Korean Mathematics Textbooks: Implication for Using Ethnomathematics in Culturally Diverse School by Mi-Kyung Ju, Hanyang University; Jong-Eun Moon, Hanyang University; and Ryoon-Jin Song, University of Wisconsin Madison
• Explaining Student Achievement: the Influence of Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Statistics by Rosemary Callingham, University of Tasmania; Colin Carmichael, Charles Sturt University; and Jane M. Watson, University of Tasmania
• Student Motivation and Learning in Mathematics and Science: A Cluster Analysis by Betsy L. L. Ng, W. C. Liu, and John C. K. Wang, Nanyang Technological University
• Mathematics Learning Development: the Role of Long-Term Retrieval by Carlos O. Calderón-Tena, California State University, Fresno; and Linda C. Caterino, Arizona State University

I see a number of good-looking articles in the August 2016 American Educational Research Journal, but only one is math-specific:

• Detracking and Tracking Up: Mathematics Course Placements in California Middle Schools, 2003–2013 by Thurston Domina, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Paul Hanselman, University of California, Irvine; NaYoung Hwang, University of California, Irvine; and Andrew McEachin, RAND

The September issue of Mathematics Teacher Educator is out:

• Taking Stock: MTE's Contribution to Building a Knowledge Base for the Practice of Mathematics Teacher Education by Kristen Bieda, Michigan State University
• Supporting Novice Teachers in Leading Discussions That Reach a Mathematical Point: Defining and Clarifying Mathematical Ideas by Erin E. Baldinger, University of Minnesota; Sarah Kate Selling, University of Utah; and Rajeev Virmani, University of Saint Joseph
• Developing an Interview Module to Support Secondary PST's Noticing of Student Thinking by Kristin Lesseig, Washington State University Vancouver, Stephanie Casey; Eastern Michigan University, Debra Monson, University of St. Thomas; Erin E. Krupa, Montclair State University; and Maryann Huey, Drake University
• Unpacking the Practice of Probing Student Thinking by Dawn Teuscher, Brigham Young University; J. Matt Switzer, Texas Christian University; and Tyler Morwood, Brigham Young University
• Translating Learning Trajectories Into Useable Tools for Teachers by Cyndi Edgington, North Carolina State University; P. Holt Wilson, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Paola Sztajn, North Carolina State University; and Jared Webb, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Here are three new articles in the September 2016 issue of the Elementary School Journal:

Sandra Crespo

• Variables in Elementary Mathematics Education by Bárbara M. Brizuela, Tufts University
• Fostering First Graders' Reasoning Strategies with Basic Sums: The Value of Guided Instruction by David J. Purpura, Purdue University; Arthur J. Baroody, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Michael D. Eiland, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Erin E. Reid, Erikson Institute
• Truth, Lies, and Videotapes: Embracing the Contraries of Mathematics Teaching by Sandra Crespo, Michigan State University

I spotted one new math ed article in the November 2016 issue of Teaching and Teacher Education:

• Secondary mathematics coaching: The components of effective mathematics coaching and implications by Priscilla Bengo, University of Toronto

Issue 2 of 2016 of the Journal of Statistics Education is out:

• Assessing Fun Items' Effectiveness in Increasing Learning of College Introductory Statistics Students: Results of a Randomized Experiment by Lawrence M. Lesser, The University of Texas at El Paso; Dennis K. Pearl, The Pennsylvania State University; and John J. Weber III, Georgia State University
• Markov Processes: Exploring the Use of Dynamic Visualizations to Enhance Student Understanding by Maxine Pfannkuch and Stephanie Budgett, The University of Auckland
• Diverse Perspectives on a Flipped Biostatistics Classroom by Todd A. Schwartz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rebecca R. Andridge, The Ohio State University; Kirstin L. Sainani, Stanford University; Dalene K. Stangle, Duke University; and Megan L. Neely, Duke University Medical Center
• Café Data 2.0: New Data From a New and Improved Café by Concetta A. DePaolo, David F. Robinson, and Aimee Jacobs, Indiana State University
• Interview With Soma Roy by Allan J. Rossman and Soma Roy, California Polytechnic State University

Last one! This was recently added to Technology Innovations in Statistics Education:

• Student Approaches to Constructing Statistical Models using TinkerPlots™ by Jennifer Noll and Dana Kirin, Portland State University

Math Ed in the News

• Study: IES-funded research improves quality of math education (Vanderbilt University)
• Palo Alto school district committee drops Everyday Math (Palo Alto Weekly)
• A place where 'nerds and geeks come together': Schools spend millions on STEM studies (Dallas Morning News)
• Math programs at Lincoln filling gaps and helping children (Rexburg Standard Journal)

Math Ed in Colorado

Award Winning Teachers!

I am super happy to share that the White House has announced new PAEMST awardees, and two of Colorado's math teachers have been honored:

• Carolyn Jordan, a teacher at Normandy Elementary School in Littleton
• Lisa Bejarano, a teacher at Aspen Valley High School in Colorado Springs (read more)

These teachers will be honored at the awards ceremony at the CCTM Conference. Speaking of which...

CCTM Conference

The 2016 CCTM Conference is only weeks away! Please join me and math teachers from across the state on September 22-23 at the Denver Merchandise Mart. Thursday will feature two pre-sessions:

Teacher Pre-Session: Making Mathematics Accessible and Equitable for All with Nora Ramirez and José Franco

Classrooms should be where all students engage in rigorous mathematics, reason mathematically, justify and defend their thinking, and critique the reasoning of others. Engage in this session with activities and discussions, and to examine your beliefs about teaching and learning mathematics for all students.

Leader Pre-Session: Curricular Materials Review: A Professional Learning Opportunity with Cathy Martin and Joanie Funderburk

Join math leaders and school and district administrators to explore rubrics for evaluating curricular materials, learn about open resources, and make reviewing materials a professional learning opportunity for teachers.

Rochelle Gutiérrez

Friday will feature concurrent sessions, blast sessions, Ignite sessions, a keynote, and the exhibit hall. This year's keynote will be delivered by Rochelle Gutiérrez from the University of Illinois. Rochelle is a leading thinker about issues of equity and social justice in mathematics education. Register to see her and the rest of the conference today!

Math on the "Planes"

Registration for the February 2017 Conference opens September 15. Because of the highly interactive nature of the conference, each of the two workshops will be limited to 60 participants. You can find more information on the Colorado Council for Learning Disabilities website.

Dr. Karen Karp will lead these workshops. She is a visiting professor in the Ed.D. Program in the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University. For twenty-one years prior to this appointment, she was Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Early and Elementary Childhood Education at the University of Louisville.

Job Openings

• Aurora is looking for three math teachers, including a 7th grade math teacher for Aurora Hills Middle School. Contact Susan Shaw, Math Teaching Partner, for more information.
• Denver Public Schools needs an 8th grade math teacher at Farrell B. Howell K-8. If you need more information, contact Katie Johnson, MS Math Curriculum Specialist.

Math and Neuroscience Research Opportunity

Jennifer Jacobs at CU Boulder is interested in researching early elementary students with and without language processing difficulties and how that relates to math ability. If you are interested in having a child participate, you can contact Jennifer at jennifer.jacobs@colorado.edu.

Rocky Mountain Math Teachers' Circle

Over at rmmtc.ucdenver.edu you can find the 2016-2017 dates for the meetings of the Rocky Mountain Math Teachers' Circle, as well as information about RSVPing for each session.

PARCC

FYI: PARCC has updated their practice tests to match their latest test designs.

PARCC has also kept me busy over the last month — for several days I immersed myself in high school geometry and helped select items for future field tests, and later I met with other math educators from around the country to examine the data collected from test items that had already been field tested. In both cases, the goal is to come away with the best possible set of items to consider for future tests. If you have questions about the process, feel free to ask!

This Week in Math Ed: August 26, 2016

I'm still in a period of catching up, but I'm almost there! Here are the top links from the week of August 19-25. The next TWiME will be stuffed full of all the other updates!

Math Ed Said

August 19: I mentioned this on the previous TWiME, but Robert Kaplinsky's "#ObserveMe" is worth mentioning again. Many of you must have felt the same way, as it was the most-shared post for the 19th as well.

Shared by: Matthew Oldridge, Robert Kaplinsky, Mark Chubb, Heather Kohn, Jill Buecking, EdD, Nathaniel Highstein, Katherine Martin, David Costello, Margie Pearse

August 20: Robert Kaplinsky's "#ObserveMe" was the most shared post again this day, but since I've already highlighted it twice I'll instead direct your attention to Dave Burgess's "Table Talk Math: Finally a Math Resource for Parents is Here!"

Shared by: Steve Wyborney, Donna Boucher, Math Coach Rivera, Tyler Anderson, Denis Sheeran, Jennifer Lawler

August 21: Laura Wagenman shared "Resources for Building Your Math Community," where she describes why and how she helps support the math teachers she works with using resources from around the web.

Shared by: Laura Wagenman, Jamie Duncan, Sara VanDerWerf, Open Middle, Kit G, WODB? Math, Jessica Jeffers, Cathy Campbell, Martin Joyce

August 22: The White House announced the 2014 and 2015 PAEMST awardees! Among the honorees were several widely-known teachers in the math ed Twitter community, Lisa Bejarano and Kristin Gray.

Shared by: Jennifer Wilson, Ann Gaffney, Mike Lawler, Raymond Johnson, Fawn Nguyen, Patrick Honner, Lisa Bejarano, Heather Johnson, Jen Silverman, Jill Buecking, EdD, Michael Pershan, Ann Gaffney, Karen King, Kent Haines, Megan M. Allen, Shauna Hedgepeth, Mary Bourassa, Janice Novakowski, Amy Hogan, Avery Pickford, Carrie Muir

August 23: Lots of people were still talking about #ObserveMe, but since I've covered that, let's talk about how "Harvey Mudd College took on gender inequality in tech, and now more than half its computer-science majors are women," a story from Quartz.

Shared by: MAA, Steven Gnagni, Francis Su, Dan Anderson, Heather Johnson, Rachel Levy, Kimberly Wassmuth

August 24: As the new school year begins, Fawn Nguyen gives us some do-nots with "7 Deadly Sins of Teaching [Maths]."

Shared by: Fawn Nguyen, Chris Stapel, Sherri Burroughs, Dan Anderson, Tracy Johnston Zager, Nicole Bridge, Bridget Dunbar, Steven Gnagni, Danielle Reycer, Nathan Kraft, Laura Wagenman, Erica Litke, Casey McCormick, John Golden, Geoff Krall, Daniel Luevanos, Bob Lochel, Megan Schmidt, Margie Pearse, Edmund Harriss, Jen Overley, Greg George, Jeremiah Ruesch, Sara VanDerWerf, Sharon Vestal, Ilona Vashchyshyn

August 25: Mollie Hall, a math instructional lead teacher from Georgia, has a blog dedicated to elementary number talks and on this day people were sharing the resources for her 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade number talks.

Shared by: Graham Fletcher, Denis Sheeran, Rosa Serratore, Brian Bushart, Mike Flynn, Federico Chialvo, Dave Lanovaz, Math Coach Rivera

This Week in Math Ed: August 19, 2016

I've been behind in my TWiME posts before, but not by this much! I'll just recap the most-shared posts from August 12-18 and save the other bits for later.

Math Ed Said

Dan Meyer "testifies" about Girl Scout cookies.
I might be missing the point of his latest blog post.

August 12: Dan Meyer says that he cares about what we share, but cares even more how we "Testify" on behalf of our work and the things we care about.

Shared by: Elizabeth Statmore, Rebecca Afghani, Simon Gregg, Jocelyn Dagenais, Danielle Reycer, Alex Jaffurs, John Golden, Jeffrey Mashbitz

August 13: In one of my favorite articles to come out of the 2016 Olympic Games, "This Is Why There Are So Many Ties In Swimming" gives us a little lesson on attending to precision. (And swimming pool engineering.)

Shared by: Anthony Purcell, Steve Phelps, Amy Hogan, MAA, Mike Lawler, Jo Morgan, Mark Dittmer, Christopher Rohde, Pam J. Wilson, Katherine Martin, Janice Cotcher, Patrick Honner, Ilona Vashchyshyn, Chris Harrow, Evelyn Lamb, Mikael Johansson, Carrie Muir, Peter Balyta, Jeremy Babel, Gregory Taylor

August 14: Robert Kaplinsky used some Google whiz-bangery to create a "Problem-Based Lesson Search Engine."

Shared by: Math Coach Rivera, Ann Elise Record, Julia Haun, Bryan Anderson, David Coffey, Tracy Johnston Zager, Cathy Campbell, Laura Wagenman, Margie Pearse, Rosa Serratore

August 15: Robert Kaplinsky comes at us for a second day in a row, this time with "#ObserveMe." I think this is wonderful, as I believe making our practice more public helps professionalize teaching as a field.

Shared by: Robert Kaplinsky, Matt Vaudrey, Math Coach Rivera, Carl Oliver, Ian Kerr, Matt Larson, Glenn Waddell, Jr., Christina Sherman, Heather Kohn, Mary Bourassa, Natalee Peterson, Laura Wagenman, Andrew Stadel

August 16: Ever wish you could high-five a math teacher virtually? Now you kind of can, thanks to Sam Shah's "MTBoS High Fives."

Shared by: Kathy Henderson, John Golden, Mary Bourassa, Casey McCormick, Meg Craig, Megan Hayes-Golding, Anna Blinstein, Ali Grace

August 17: Henri Picciotto explains what he means when he says his stance as an educator is "Eclectic."

Shared by: Henri Picciotto, Marilyn Burns, John Golden, Malke Rosenfeld, Dittmer, Patrick Honner, Justin Lanier

August 18: The folks at Desmos announced their first cohort of Desmos Fellows.

Shared by: Desmos.com, Eli Luberoff, Jocelyn Dagenais, Michael Fenton, Laurie Hailer, Meg Craig, Heather Johnson, Julie Reulbach, Marissa W

Looking for more? Like I said, in an effort to catch up I'll save what's new in research, the news, and other goings-on for upcoming posts.